Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
A Provider‐Based Approach to Address Racial Disparities in Lupus Clinical Trial Participation
Authors' conclusion
The MIMICT education course is an effective method to educate medical providers about LCTs and to improve their intentions to refer Black and Latino patients.
Study context
- Population
- Medical and nursing providers of multiple specialties
- Comparison
- Online education course on referring Black and Latino patients to lupus clinical trials vs no intervention
- Primary endpoint
- Changes in knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and intentions to refer Black and Latino patients to lupus clinical trials
- Follow-up
- Mean posttest
Methodological detailsonline, 2-group, pretest/posttest design
- Online
- 2-group
- Pretest/posttest design
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Posttest scores for knowledge, self-efficacy, and intentions to refer Black and Latino patients to lupus clinical trials
- Intervention had significantly higher posttest scores for knowledge, self-efficacy, and intentions to refer vs control
- Attitude was insignificant in analysis
- Controlled for participant characteristics, incl. specialty and professional experience with lupus
Further findings
Posttest knowledge and intentions to refer, by medical and nursing training (subgroups) · mean posttest
- Both medical and nursing trained intervention participants had significantly higher mean posttest scores for knowledge and intentions to refer vs their control counterparts
Education course satisfaction
- Course received a favorable summary score; satisfaction and intentions to refer strongly and positively correlated
Original publication
A Provider‐Based Approach to Address Racial Disparities in Lupus Clinical Trial Participation. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 23 January 2023. doi:10.
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